Kailash Vijayvargiya, MP minister, criticised for remarks on women’s clothing | Watch video

Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kailash Vijayvargiya stirred controversy on Thursday (June 5) with comments disapproving of women wearing what he described as ‘skimpy clothes,’ calling the trend inconsistent with Indian cultural values. Speaking at an event in MP’s Indore organised to mark ‘World Environment Day’, Vijayvargiya reflected on his views of cultural norms and clothing, contrasting Indian sensibilities with what he termed as “Western standards of beauty.”